In 1909, the crack Blue Anchor liner, the Waratah, sinks without trace or survivors off the coast  of South Africa. In 1967, the Gemsbok, a Viscount airliner disappears in exactly the same place. To some it is merely an uncanny mystery, to others, a tragedy.  People like Ian Fairlie, captain of the weather ship Walvis Bay – whose father was the pilot of the Gemsbrok and whose grandfather was the first officer of the Waratah. Fairlie has sworn that he will resolve the mystery.  But to do so he must face cyclonic winds and mountainous seas, risking his ship, his life and the life of the woman he loves.